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Date: | Sat, 12 Jun 1999 19:30:35 +0200 |
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Ed asks:
>Commenting on Don Satz's stated intention of finally getting organized (It
>must be the turn of a millenium or something!), Richard Pennycuick pokes
>numerous holes in the alphabetical approach. So, my questrion in turn to
>Richard (and others): what is a better way to store CD's and find what one
>is looking for?
I have made the same experience sorting my record collection as Richard
stated, sorting alphabethicaly id fine if Your collection is less than
say 3-400 objects. Anyway I became reluctant wen I turned 500 Cd's and
started looking for a better sollution, and the best I could find is giving
each CD an index number (a small tag with a number, that I tape to the
box), this alone is not sufficient, one has to seat oneself infront of
the computor building a database of one's collection (This has been
discussed on the list several times), there are several comerical CM
databases availible, as well as doing it like me, using a program called
"Filemaker" on a MAC designing my own template. This has been a positive
experience in many ways, not least when I've been able to say; I did not
know I had that CD! Lugging my powerbook around all the time, I use the
CDdb to check if I have a certain record or work while browsing in stores,
Its also a good reference wen giving "advice" on music.
Cheers
peter lundin @ gothenburg.se
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